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APPLICATION FILED APILM, 1911.

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JOHN REID AND GEORGE SIMPSON, OF -NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent. PatntedJune 24 1913 I Application filedA ri1'24. 1911. Serial No. 623,001.;

Toallio homz't mag concern: Be it known that we, JOHN Ram, a sublect ofthe .King "of Great Britain, and

Gtponcn SIMPSON, a citizen of the United. 5 States of America, bothresidents of Whitehallv Building, 17 Battery Place, in the'city ofNewYork, State of New York, United States of America, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Ships; and we 'ido -ehe'reby declare thatthe following is ful;l,.f clear, and exact description of the tfentionrelates to improvements in ship s'fdescribed in the presentspecificadrawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in the novel construction andformation, whereby ballast tanks are disposed in a certain man ner andwhereby the wall of the ship and the framing is arranged with greatpowers of resistance to the elements.

The objects of the invention are to devise a very strong construction ofhull, particularly for ships carrying cargo in bulk, to dispose theweight evenly and to resist the forces of tension and compressionbrought into play by the -turbulence of the elements, and generally toprovide a ship of compara- .1 tively cheap and very durableconstruction. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse section of onehalf the ship, showing the construction of the framing in the top sidewingballast tank, the bottom ballast tank, and a section viewtherebetween of the transverse framing supporting the side wall undersaid top side tank and inclosing a buoyancy space. Fig. 2 is a sectionof the modified form of the framing in said buoyancy space. ig. 3 isatran'sverse section, showing a modified form of the framing. Fig. 4 isa detail of another form. of framing between the top side tank and thebottom framing.

' Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts-in'eachfigure. 0

Referring to the drawings, in the top side wing tank 27, 28 are channelbeams rigidly secured to the walls of-the tank 27 on all 15 sides andextending fore and aft of the ship.

5.5 able angle pieces to the division plating 32 tion' and illustratedin the accompanying between the top side tank 27 and the buoyancy space33.

34 are brackets rigidly secured by suitable angle pieces tothe innerbottom 35, dividing the bottom tank 30 from the buoyancy space 33, saidbrackets 31 and 34 being. secured to the walls36 and 37 by. the verticalangle pieces 38 and 39.

. 40 are braces rigidly secured to the brackets 41 and 42, said bracketsbeing secured to the angle pieces 38 and 39.

In Fig. 2 a slight variation is shown'in this buttress framing, in whichthe brackets 41 and 42 are further connected by the rods 43 and 44, saidrods being rigidly secured to said brackets 41 and 42, otherwise theconstruction of Fig. 2 is substantially the same asin Fig.1. W

r In Figs. 3 and 4, the vertical frames 45 are shown joined to the topside tank 46 by the bracket 47 and to the bottom tank 48 by the bracket49. 50 are fore and aft girder members within the top side tank 46. 51are transverse trainings arranged atintervals within said top side tank'46 and joined to the fore and aft girders 50. 52 are fore and aftgirders secured over" the vertical frames 45. 53 are longitudinalgirders'secured to the inner plating 54 of the tank 48. 55 are fore andaft girders secured to the bottom plating of the ship within the tank'48. 56 are transverse plates supporting the inner bottom 54, said plateshaving the customary holes 57 therethrough.

In Fig. 4, 58 are vertical frames standing out from the side wall of,the ship between the top side tank 46 and the bottom tank 48 with thebrackets 49 forming an open framing between the said top side tank andthe said bottom tank. 60 arefore and aft girders secured to the sidewalls of the ship and to the brackets 59. This'framing is only a slightmodification of the framing shown in Fig. 3 and corresponds to thetransverse framing within the top side tank 46. 7

That we claim as our invention is:

In a device of the class described, in com--' bination, atop sideballast tank having a main framing therewithin formed of fore and aftchannel irons, a bottom ballast tank having a main framing therewithin,formed of fore and aft channel irons, and buttress framing extendingfrom said bottom ballast tank to said top side ballast tank and formiligreinforcing pillar frames at intervals I of Quebec, Canada, this secondday of througl'ientthelength of the ship between I March, 1911.saidtanks, said buttresses being formed of vertical channel ironsextending between. 2%MPQON 5 brackets c nnected to said ballast tanks byI b J L angle irons and braces crossing between the I Witnesses:

verticals intermediate of the length thereof. P. SHEE,

Signed at the city of Montreal, Province F. A. BURNS.

